Just so we are all clear on this , I am not building another landyacht,
not even thinking about it , there is nothing on my whiteboard
I have no new landyacht ideas...........but........
Vic wouldnt make me some wheels....... so I thought it was about time to get on and do the deed.
all this is occuring in the shed under the official guise of building new bookcases.
we started by following Vics lead and making the disk mold with a 26" wheel.
firstly we chose a good rim, and sealed up the underside

filled up the inside with something light.when dried I trimmed of the excess with a handsaw

fairing was done initally with gyprock basecoat then an easier to sand finishing coat.

this was sanded down to 1200grit, then sealed witha sandable undercoat and resanded to 1500grit(dry). Ive done a 20" disk as well. why not!!!!!!

then the 4 layers of wax which were buffed off between coats, finally thePVA mold release and a mold was layed up using gelcoat and 4 layers of chopped strand
the black poly tube was layed on to stiffen the mold. easy
there is the first of the bookcases that I am actually building

Vic has been making those lovely rims using steelrims, but I was only able to lay my hands on 1. apparently they only make alloy rims now. we were able to mig 2 rims together and get the neccessary 50mm rim with a bit of a hump in the middle of the rim( more strength?)

Ive talked to a few people about the different layups that the used and why and have decide to test 9 different sample peices of a variety of materials and combinations.
they are numbered 1 to 9 and next post I will go into the details

here they are layed up and curing, so some testing of flex, weight and breaking load to come